Volleyball Insider: Weapons For Small Blockers
Club SportsLEVELUP INSIDERSVOLLEYBALL — Served by NCVA December 10, 2019 0
Continued from 3-time Olympic Volleyball, Lindsey Berg “Short Setter’s Handbook” series. We were playing in the FIVB’s Grand Prix tournament against Italy. I had competed against the Italians for many years and also alongside a few of them as teammates on foreign club teams. Throughout my professional career, the Italians always tried to... Read more
Good Eats: Sports Diet and Exercise
LEVELUP INSIDERSTrack & Field, Anchored by Youth Runner December 10, 2019 0
Determining meals before and after exercise Before or after exercising, think twice about what you put in your body. Depending on your workout and intensity level, different exercises require varying methods of refueling. Roberta Anding, registered dietitian, sports dietitian and assistant professor of orthopedic surgery at Baylor College of... Read more
World Series Keep You From a Good Night’s Sleep?
LEVELUP INSIDERSUncategorized November 15, 2019 0
In the wake of this years’ World Series, late nights watching the big game on TV or at the stadium are inevitable. As we closed in on the final games of the World Series, a sleep expert at the Baylor College of Medicine asked, are there ways to feel... Read more
Play Sports! — BEHIND THE CLIPBOARD: Don’t Be Exclusive
LEVELUP INSIDERS October 24, 2019 0
Columnist Clay Kallam Details Why Playing More Than Just One Sport Is Healthy — And Likely To Make You A Better, More Well-Rounded Athlete • I love to play sports. I especially like basketball, but everyone tells me I’m a much better baseball player. My coaches want me to... Read more
What is the cause of sports mental blocks?
High School Baseball/SoftballLEVELUP INSIDERS October 17, 2019 0
To answer that, lets first answer this: What is a mental block in sports? Definition: It’s where an athlete physically cannot perform a movement or motion that they have demonstrated talent and ability for in the past. A number of baseball players came to us for a mental block... Read more
Bryson’s First Pitch: Best of the Decade
BlogLEVELUP INSIDERSRankings October 17, 2019 0
What do Los Angeles Rams quarterback Jared Goff, two-time Olympic Gold Medalist water polo player Maggie Steffens and Orlando Magic forward Aaron Gordon all have in common? They all played high school sports in Northern California during the SportStars Magazine Era. That era will reach 10 full years in... Read more
What’s The Best Produce to Eat in October? Try eating Farm to Table. We often get stuck in a rut, eating the same old foods day after day, week after week. Studies show that our grocery lists have the same foods on them time after time after time. This... Read more
How To Care For a Sprained Ankle
LEVELUP INSIDERS September 24, 2019 0
Probably the most overlooked and nagging injuries in sports is the dreaded sprained ankle. It happens in almost all sports from football to basketball, soccer to baseball. Ankle sprains do not discriminate by age, gender or sport. Current research places the incidence of ankle injuries at approximately 1 million... Read more
HEALTH WATCH: How does Icy Hot work to actually relieve muscle pain quickly?
LEVELUP INSIDERS September 17, 2019 3
I asked a group of high school athletes to list their most pressing questions about sports and health. Surprisingly, the most frequently asked questions were, “How does Icy Hot work? What are the benefits of Icy Hot and is Icy Hot good for sore muscles?” This group consists of student-athletes who... Read more
What Can You Do For Healthier Happier Feet?
BlogLEVELUP INSIDERS September 16, 2019 0
Discover the Arches of Your Feet You’re healthy, you feel good, you’re strong. So what can you do to optimize your health and performance? Check the arches of your feet. Feet are the most forgotten part of our bodies, but if our feet aren’t happy, our body isn’t happy.... Read more
Mental Training: Excellence Defined
LEVELUP INSIDERS September 11, 2019 0
What is Excellence? Seeking excellence is not the same as seeking perfection, but rather a perfect effort. Get Mental : Erika Westhoff The term “excellence” is thrown around a lot in the world of competitive sports. I’m a fan of this word, so much so that I... Read more
Pulled Hamstring- How to Heal
LEVELUP INSIDERS September 10, 2019 0
How to heal a pulled Hamstring? The hamstring muscle, which makes up the back of your thigh, is the most frequently strained muscle in the body. A hamstring strain, is both common and painful. It can affect runners, football, soccer, basketball players and so on. The hamstring is actually... Read more
